Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM MAY 2022 23 group than themselves. They have to be tougher and see things through one set of eyes. You can't have individuals up there. They have to be all on the same page, work out issues and have them- selves dialed in on each snap to have success." Back to Williams. Replacing him isn't going to be a singular task. It's going to be Tyree, Diggs, Estime, Price — one of the Blue-Gold Game MVPs — and even Payne chipping in. Notre Dame lost an incredibly talented player in Williams. But the amount of talent those five players combine to bring to the table is a bit overwhelming. It's akin to the too much star power on one basketball roster conundrum. There's only one basketball; there's only one football. But that's a nice problem for position coach Deland McCullough to have. "They're hungry to be the best run- ning back group in the nation," he said. ✦ After spring practice and the Blue-Gold Game, here is Blue & Gold Illus- trated's projection for how Notre Dame's 2022 depth chart could shake out when the Fighting Irish open the season this fall. * Arrives on campus in the summer; ^ injured and sidelined for spring practice Quarterback No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 12 Tyler Buchner 6-1 215 So./3 10 Drew Pyne 5-11 1 ⁄2 200 Jr./4 18 Steve Angeli 6-3 215 Fr./4 11 Ron Powlus III 6-2 5 ⁄8 225 So./4 Running Back No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 25 Chris Tyree 5-9 1 ⁄2 188 Jr./3 22 Logan Diggs 5-11 3 ⁄4 206 So./3 24 Audric Estime 5-11 1 ⁄2 228 So./3 20 Jadarian Price 5-11 175 Fr./4 — Gi'Bran Payne* 5-10 190 Fr./4 Boundary Receiver (W) No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 16 Deion Colzie 6-4 1 ⁄2 207 So./3 5 Joe Wilkins Jr.^ 6-1 1 ⁄2 190 Gr./2 — Tobias Merriweather* 6-4 180 Fr./4 Field Receiver (X) No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 0 Braden Lenzy 5-11 3 ⁄8 181 Gr./2 83 Jayden Thomas 6-1 1 ⁄2 215 So./4 Slot (Z) No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 21 Lorenzo Styles 6-1 1 ⁄8 195 So./3 3 Avery Davis^ 5-11 202 Gr./1 29 Matt Salerno 6-0 5 ⁄8 199 Gr./1 Tight End No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 87 Michael Mayer 6-4 1 ⁄2 249 Jr./3 84 Kevin Bauman 6-4 1 ⁄2 240 Jr./3 88 Mitchell Evans 6-5 1 ⁄8 250 So./3 80 Cane Berrong^ 6-3½ 235 So./4 — Holden Staes* 6-4 230 Fr./4 — Eli Raridon* 6-6 220 Fr./4 Left Tackle No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 76 Joe Alt 6-7 5 ⁄8 305 So./3 79 Tosh Baker 6-8 307 Jr./3 — Aamil Wagner* 6-6 255 Fr./4 Left Guard No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 50 Rocco Spindler 6-4 5 ⁄8 300 So./4 73 Andrew Kristofic 6-5 1 ⁄4 292 Sr./3 74 Billy Schrauth 6-5 280 Fr./4 Center No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 55 Jarrett Patterson^ 6-4 1 ⁄2 305 Gr./2 52 Zeke Correll 6-3 295 Sr./3 68 Michael Carmody 6-5 1 ⁄2 290 Jr./3 78 Pat Coogan^ 6-5 1 ⁄8 308 So./4 Right Guard No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 75 Josh Lugg 6-6 7 ⁄8 305 Gr./1 56 Joey Tanona 6-5 290 Fr./4 — Ashton Craig* 6-5 275 Fr./4 Right Tackle No. Player Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. 54 Blake Fisher 6-6 335 So./4 72 Caleb Johnson 6-5 5 ⁄8 287 So./4 — Ty Chan* 6-6 265 Fr./4 Sophomore Joe Alt is firmly entrenched as Notre Dame's starter at left tackle. PHOTO BY CHAD WEAVER BGI Post-Spring 2022 Notre Dame Scholarship Depth Chart: Offense